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| Somalis in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Ali Khalif Galaydh. (Supplied Title) | |
| Description | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ali Khalif Galaydh was born in Las Anod, Somalia in the 1940s. He initially came to the United States in 1962 to pursue his bachelor’s degree. Ali holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, a master’s degree from Syracuse University, and a doctorate from Syracuse University. He is a recognized academic and public official, having held positions both in Somalia and the United States. In Somalia, Ali served as director general for the Somali Institute of Public Administration or SIPA (1970-1976), director general of Jowhar Sugar Enterprise (1974-1976), executive chairman of the Juba Sugar Project (1976-1980), and Minister of Industry (1980-1982). In 1982, he accepted a fellowship at the Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University (1982-1986). He was also a professor at Syracuse University (1989-1996) and the founder of the SOMTEL telecom company. From 2000 to 2001, Ali served as prime minister of Somalia following the Somalia National Peace Conference in Djibouti. Soon after, he joined his wife and children in Minnesota, where he taught at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: education in Somalia, Boston University, the civil rights movement and United States race relations, English language and literature, graduate studies at Syracuse University, return to Somalia after Said Barre’s 1969 coup, holding various Somali government positions, Somali politics and government in the 1970s and 1980s, decision to leave Somalia, Harvard fellowship and work on regional conflicts, Somalia National Peace Conference in Djibouti, move to Minnesota, reflections on American opportunity, challenges of raising children in the United States, and Minnesota winters. |
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